SERVICES & MUSIC February 2020
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S ERVICES & M USIC February 2020 From the Canon Precentor February starts with the Feast of Candlemas, the occasion when the infant Christ was presented in the Temple and an elderly man, Simeon, recognised him as the Light of the World. Simeon’s words have become known as the Nunc Dimittis, which is sung by the Cathedral choir every day at Evensong: Master, now you are dismissing your servant in peace, according to your word, for my eyes have seen your salvation, which you have prepared in the presence of all peoples, a light for revelation to the Gentiles and for glory to your people Israel. February draws to a close with Ash Wednesday, which often follows hot on the heels of Candlemas but this year falls on 26 February because Easter is a little later, so we have a few weeks of ‘ordinary time’ to prepare for Lent. The start of Lent – Ash Wednesday – is a day when we are encouraged to reflect on our shortcomings and the times we have failed to behave as people who are made in the image of God. We hold three services on Ash Wednesday: at 8.00am (BCP), at 12.30pm (said) and 6.00pm (sung, to include Allegri’s beautiful Miserere Mei). The Imposition of Ashes is offered at all three services. Despite the sombre, penitential atmosphere these services are beautiful and thought-provoking, with the words ‘Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return. Turn away from sin and be faithful to Christ’, reminding us of our utter dependence upon the mercy of God. Glory be to the Father and to the Son and to the Holy Spirit, as it was in the beginning is now and ever shall be, world without end. Amen. The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Canon Precentor Acting Dean of Bristol The Revd Canon Michael Johnson Canon Precentor The Revd Canon Nicola Stanley Master of the Choristers and Organist Mark Lee For more information, please contact the Music Administrator Tim Popple [email protected] 0117 926 4879 2 bristol-cathedral.co.uk About the Cathedral The original foundation on this site was an abbey established in 1148 by Robert Fitzhardinge of Berkeley Castle. It was built just outside the original walls of Bristol on high ground overlooking the river. The new monastery was dedicated to St Augustine. Initially all the abbey buildings were in Norman style (characterized by massive pillars and round arches) but between the 13th and early 16th centuries a sequence of rebuilding projects transformed the church into a Gothic one, showing the successive developments of Gothic style. The last section due to be rebuilt was the nave. However, just after the old nave had been demolished, and before much progress had been made with the rebuilding, Henry VIII dissolved the country’s monasteries and confiscated their assets. The new nave was therefore never built, and the work that had already been done was dismantled to provide stone for other projects in the area. On 9 December 1539 the last Abbot of Bristol handed over the abbey to the King’s Commissioners. Unlike many other cities, it was not originally intended that there should be a diocese of Bristol, and so its abbey was not due to become a cathedral. However, when it was discovered that St Peter’s Abbey in the nearby rival port of Gloucester was to be made a cathedral, Bristol’s citizens petitioned for equal treatment and in 1542 the disused abbey church was designated the Cathedral of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, Bristol. In 1877 the rebuilding of the nave was finally completed, 350 years after the original, Norman nave, had been demolished. 3 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Information Anthems Selected translations of anthems which are not sung in English are available towards the back of this booklet. Bible Translation The Cathedral uses the NRSV Anglicised Edition translation of the bible for all services except BCP Holy Communion on Sundays. Reading selections are taken from the Common Worship Lectionary, with Evensong readings taken from the Pillar Lectionary. Choir Unless otherwise specified, all choral services are sung by the Cathedral Choir. On Mondays the boy choristers sing with the lay clerks and choral scholars. On Tuesdays the girl choristers sing with the lay clerks. Weekend services alternate between boy choristers and girl choristers. Communion If it is your custom to receive communion in your own church, you are welcome to receive here, whatever denomination you are. Feast Days Key On each day there is an indication of whether it is a day of significance. The different significances are indicated as follows: Feria (no commemoration or otherwise) Commemoration Lesser Festival Festival PRINCIPAL FEAST For Festivals and Principal Feasts, (and the evening service the day before) the altar colours will reflect the occasion, and Festal Responses are said or sung at the close of the evening service. Hymns Hymn numbers refer to the New English Hymnal (NEH), with tunes following. Incense On some feast days, incense is used during the service. This is indicated by the † symbol. Photography and Recording No photography or recording of any kind may take place during services, concerts, or rehearsals without the express permission of the Chapter. 4 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Psalms The traditional BCP Coverdale translation is used at Evening Prayer and Evensong. Common Worship translation is used at all other services. Congregation sit for the psalms, standing for “Glory be to the Father…” at the end of the last psalm. Service Length Said Morning Prayer lasts approximately 20 minutes. Said Lunchtime Eucharist lasts approximately 30 minutes. Evensong lasts around 40 minutes; Evening Prayer around 20 minutes. Eucharist on a Sunday lasts around 1hr 15. On a Sunday, Evensong lasts around one hour, incorporating additional hymns and a sermon. Quire Services: those unable to stay for the whole service are asked to sit in the Nave. 5 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 26 January Third Sunday of the Epiphany BCP: The Third Sunday after the Epiphany 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST NAVE Preacher Canon Michael Johnson, Acting Dean Setting Missa Brevis – Mathias Psalm 27.1, 4-12 Motet No small wonder – Edwards Hymns Entrance 351 Neander Offertory 485 Thornbury Communion 302 (omit v.3) Song 1 Post Communion 256 Monkland Voluntary Jubilate – Mathias 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Responses Reading Psalm 33 Canticles Fourth Service (‘for Trebles’) –Weelkes Anthem What cheer – Walton Hymns 410 (omit vv 3 & 4) Westminster; 392 Alberta Voluntary Prelude in C BWV 547 – J S Bach Monday 27 January Verses | Decani Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalms 129, 130, 131 Canticles Stanford in C Hymn 486 Fulda Anthem Here is the little door – Howells Tuesday 28 January Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Philosopher, Teacher of the Faith, 1274 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 1.15pm LUNCHTIME RECITAL – QUINTET NAVE Rockhampton Wind Quintet 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Responses Reading Psalms 137 (omit 7-9), 138 Canticles Fifth Service –Tomkins Hymn 308 Adoro Te Anthem O Lord, in thy wrath – Gibbons 6 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Wednesday 29 January Feria 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Boy Choristers QUIRE Responses Terry Psalm 143 Canticles Robinson in C Hymn 366 Heathlands Anthem The sorrows of my heart – Boyce Thursday 30 January Charles, King and Martyr, 1649 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm Evening Prayer QUIRE Psalms 147, 148 Friday 31 January John Bosco, Priest, Founder of the Salesian Teaching Order, 1888 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist SEAFARERS’ CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks QUIRE Responses Harris Psalm 150 Canticles Collegium Regale – Clucas Hymn 244 Tallis’s Canon Anthem Oculi omnium – Parnell A translation of the anthem is available on page 16 Saturday 1 February Brigid, Abbess of Kildare, c.525 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 3.30pm The First CHORAL EVENSONG of Candlemas QUIRE Responses Radcliffe Psalm 118.1-18 Canticles Collegium Regale – Howells Hymn 431 Hereford Anthem Senex puerum portabat – Byrd A translation of the anthem is available on page 16 7 bristol-cathedral.co.uk Sunday 2 February The Presentation of Christ in the Temple – Candlemas BCP: The Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany 7.40am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 8.00am Holy Communion (BCP) QUIRE 10.00am CATHEDRAL EUCHARIST with Procession NAVE SPECIAL ORDER OF SERVICE Preacher Canon Michael Roden Setting Missa Bel’ Amfitrit’ Altera – Lassus Psalm 24.7-end Motets Videte miraculum – Tallis Nunc Dimittis – Holst Voluntary Praeludium in D (BuxWV 139) – Buxtehude 3.30pm CHORAL EVENSONG QUIRE Preacher Canon Nicola Stanley Responses Radcliffe Psalm 132 Canticles Second Service – Gibbons Anthem When to the temple Mary went – Eccard Hymns 382 Song 13; 44 Glenfinlas Voluntary Pièce d’Orgue BWV 572 – J. S. Bach Monday 3 February Verses | Cantoris Anskar, Bishop of Hamburg, Missionary in Denmark and Sweden, 865 8.30am Morning Prayer BERKELEY CHAPEL 12.30pm Eucharist ELDER LADY CHAPEL 5.15pm CHORAL EVENSONG sung by the Lay Clerks and Choral Scholars QUIRE Responses Cleobury Psalms 15, 16 Canticles Magdalen Service – Ives Hymn 178 Carlisle Anthem Hodie Beata Virgo – Byrd A translation of the anthem is available on page